NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, JUNE 
HOURS WITH LESS KNOWN 
WRITERS 
BY D. F. LAMSON 
To judge Herrick by his madrigals and 
ditties only would be as unreasonable as 
to‘judge Lincoln by his stories and _jests. 
A man is entitled to be measured by his 
more serious as well as by his ligher 
moods and words. Even Hamlet is to be 
weighed by his Soliloquy as well as by 
his quips and puns. ‘here was a more 
devout side to Herrick’s nature than his 
gay and amatory verses would indicate. 
This appears in some of his longer 
poems, and in the “Noble Numbers’ 
which he appended to his ‘“Hesperides.’’ 
What could be more deeply true of the 
dependence of the human upon the di- 
vine than these lines expressing the same 
thought as has been made familiar to us 
in the Oriental image in the Gospels of 
the Vine and the branches; the one 
speaks the language of the land of the 
Druids as the other that of the Psalmists: 
“Tord, I am like to mistletoe, 
Which has no root, and cannot grow 
Or prosper but by that same tree 
It clings about; so I by Thee.”’ 
There was not only poetic fancy, but 
true religious feelings, in a heart that 
could thus express itself. A couple of 
companionpieces, © Lent’’ and *“Thanks- 
giving,’’ show not only originality and 
quaintness of thought. and diction, but 
‘““a heart at leisure from itself,’’? and a 
gravely antithetic mind. Indeed, scarce- 
ly anything in literature is more remark- 
able than the ease with which Herrick’s 
muse dilated upon the most serious as 
well as the lightest subjects; the most 
versatile of bards, combining the blithe- 
someness of Spring and the pensiveness 
of Autunm. 
Robert Herrick always had his singing 
robes about him and every object in’ nat- 
ure afforded inspiration to his fancy. He 
seemed to have a whole nest of song 
birds in his throat, forever pouring outtheir 
sweet notes like the lark warbling to the 
skies or the thrush and wren filling copse 
and thatch with their simple, home-like 
strains. “The charm of Herrick’s poetry 
is its perfect naturalness; spontaneity 
breathes in every tone of his lyre; with 
seeming carelessness of rules, he was al- 
ways snatching a grace beyond the reach 
of art. 
Continued to page 39 
“Manchester Harbor Dredging. Appro= 
priation Bill Signed by Grovenor. 
The Governor signed the bill for 
dredging Manchester harbor “Tuesday 
morning, thereby making the bil: which. 
had passed the Senate and House a law. 
The bill carries with it an appropriation 
of $8,000. 
It has already been told in these col- 
umns how the bill was very diplomatica- 
ly hustled through the senate by Senator 
Shaw after it had been thrown down by 
the committee, and how Rep. Terry and 
his associates in Gloucester and Rock- 
port pushed it through the House after it 
had'been thrown down. The latter part 
of last week it was passed, after recon- 
sideration some days prior to that, and it 
was then up to the Governor. 
Tuesday morning this bill was one of 
the first to which the Governor athxed 
his signature. The bill is now a law and 
after more or less red tape a dredger will 
be sent to Manchester to dredge the 
channel from the railroad bridge to Point 
of Rocks, near the Manchester Yacht 
club. 
To the effective and diligent work of 
Town Treasurer E. P. Stanley can be 
accorded the success of this measure. 
He has worked on it for years. And this 
year after it had been introducted: before 
the General Court he has worked zeal- 
ously on it, helping to fight its way along 
at every inch of the way. He has attend- 
ed all the hearings, and has urged others 
to attend. It was therefore very fitting 
that the quill which the Governor used 
to sign the bill should be presented to 
him. This was brought about through 
the thoughtfulness of Albert Cunning- 
ham, who went to the State .House as 
soon as he learned the bill had been sign- 
ed and procured the quill and that night 
presented it to Mr. Staniey. 
Engineer Appointed on Matter of 
Manchester Water Supply. 
The special committee appointed by 
the Town of Manchester to look into the 
matter of utilizing Gravelly Pond as an 
additional water supply for the town, 
etc., has secured the services of Des- 
mond FitzGerald of Brookline, one of 
the ablest men in the state ona matter of 
this kind.: After a few preliminary sur- 
veys Mr. FitzGerald will probably begin 
his actual work next week. 
Mr. FitzGerald has been connected 
with many very important water works 
improvements. He was a few years ago 
the consulting engineer in San Francisco 
and more recently he has been connect- 
ed with the work of the Boston Water 
board. 
Envelopes printed—The Breeze. 4 
20. “1,907.7 
cottage for his own occupancy. 
Real Estate 
And Improvements 
Chester L. Crafts has this week sold 
four of the house lots in the property re- 
cently purchased by him from the Rob- 
erts heirs, allon Norwood avenue, Man- 
chester. Horace Standley has bought the 
lot adjoining his present property. 
The ‘lot’ next:,to this has been 
bought by James Mulvey, who intends 
to build a cottage for his own occupancy. 
The lot on the corner of Norwood ave- 
nue and Brook street has been purchased 
by Austin Morley, who will also build a 
The lot 
on Norwood avenue between the W. 
Harvey Allen property and that of James 
Coughlin has been bought by B.S. Bullock. 
Mr. Crafts’is also making improve- 
ments in the Norwood house on the cor- 
ner of Norwood avenue and Washington 
street, which will include installing a fur- 
nace, bath room, etc., and painting the 
house both inside and out. 
Mr. Crafts is today offering a bargain 
to the prospective purchaser of a house 
lot in Manchester, in the five lots re- 
maining. He is offering for a few days 
only three of the lots at $750 each, and 
the other two at $800 and $900, respect- 
ively. This is a splendid opportunity for 
anyone looking for a desirable location 
for building in Manchester, as Norwood 
avenue is one of the best streets in Man- 
chester, within two minutes walk of the 
depot, post-office and store, and the lots, 
containing about 7000 sq. ft. each, afford 
ample room for house and garden. 
Will Start on Building Another 
Woods Road. 
The contract has been awarded to 
Stephen A. Edwards of North Beverly, 
for building the new woods road from 
Manchester to Gloucester. The road will 
start from the present woods drive, just 
north of Ayers ice pond and will extend 
to Haskell’s pond, so-called, in West 
Gloucester. Eventually it will be extend- 
edto the old saw mill on the Essex- 
Gloucester road. And still latter a road 
from this one will wind around striking 
the Essex-Manchester road in Essex at 
the point commonly designated as **Aunt 
Molly’s.”’ 
These improvements are brought 
about through the efforts of Col. Wm. 
D. Sohier and others of the summer col- 
ony, and will add materially to the al- ° 
ready extentive layout of beautiful wood 
drives that have been opened up and that 
add charm to the North Shore. 
